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Strategies to Support Reading

Works Cited and Further Reading

 

Academic Success Center, Missouri Baptist University, Textbook Strategies, 2013, https://www.mobap.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/textbookstrategies.pdf Accessed 5 Apr. 2020.

Atwater, Mark. “How Engineering Students Use Their Textbooks.” Engingeering.com Inc., 3 October 2013, https://www.engineering.com/Education/EducationArticles/ArticleID/6419/How-engineering-students-use-their-textbooks.aspx Accessed 4 Apr. 2020.

Bartolomeo-Maida, Maria. “The Use of Learning Journals to Foster Textbook Reading in the Community College Psychology Class.” College Student Journal, vol. 50, no. 3, Jan. 2016, pp. 440–453. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1112133&site=ehost-live&scope=site. Accessed 14 Apr. 2020.

Bessolo, Kim. “How to Read More Critically in College.” Online Learning Tips, 16 January 2016, https://onlinelearningtips.com/2016/01/how-to-read-more-critically-in-college/ Accessed 4 Apr. 2020.

Burton, Rebecca S. “Readability, Logodiversity, and the Effectiveness of College Science Textbooks.” Bioscene May 2014, ERIC https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1035554.pdf Accessed 13 Apr. 2020.

Carston, Robyn. “Figurative Language, Mental Imagery, and Pragmatics.” Metaphor & Symbol, vol. 33, no. 3, July 2018, pp. 198–217. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/10926488.2018.1481257. Accesed 30 Apr. 2020.

Clump, Michael A., et al. “The Extent to Which Psychology Students Read Textbooks: A Multiple Class Analysis of Reading across the Psychology Curriculum.” Journal of Instructional Psychology, vol. 31, no. 3, Sept. 2004, pp. 227–232. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ774105&site=ehost-live&scope=site. Accessed 19 Apr. 2020.

College Info Geek. How to Read Your Textbooks More Efficiently. 20 Nov. 2014. You Tube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgVjmFSx7rg Accessed 5 Apr. 2020.

College of Natural Science. Michigan State University. “Reading a Textbook Efficiently.” https://medschoolinsiders.com/pre-med/how-to-effectively-efficiently-read-or-study-a-textbook/ Accessed 10 Apr. 2020.

Collins-Dogrul, Julie, and Kenia Saldaña. “Text Selection and Course Design: Faculty Perspectives on Critical Reading and Critical Thinking.” Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, vol. 19, no. 2, Mar. 2019, pp. 88–101. EBSCOhost, Asearch.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1214008&site=ehost-live&scope=site. Accessed 9 Apr. 2020.

Costanzo, Ryan D. and Amanda Fitzpatrick. “Developmental Reading and Nursing Program Partnerships: Helping Students Succeed in Reading-Intensive Coursework.” NADE Digest, Fall 2012, ERIC, https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1097437.pdf Accessed 14 Apr. 2020.

Diep, Francie. “Reading Techniques Help Students Master Science.” Scientific American, 11 June 2014, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reading-techniques-help-students-master-science/ Accessed 6 April 2020.

Forbes, Flora-Jean, and Erin Buchanan. “Getting ‘Clued’ In: The Usage and Significance of Context Clues.” LOGOS: A Journal of Undergraduate Research, vol. 11, Fall 2018, pp. 114–128. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=133022510&site=ehost-live&scope=site. Accessed 30 Apr. 2020.

Greaney, S. “How to Read a College Textbook and Take Relevant Notes” Owlcation, 29 June 2019. https://owlcation.com/academia/How-to-read-a-college-textbook-and-take-relevant-notes-from-it Accessed 6 Apr. 2020.

Ismajli, Hatixhe and Merita Neziri. “Analyzing Language and Communication Textbooks in the Context of Achieving Competence: Student as a Critical Thinker.” International Journal of Instruction, October 2019. ERIC https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1230102.pdf Accessed 13 Apr. 2020.

Jones, Jefferson P. “Enhancing Student Learning: An Examination of the Student Use of Textbooks in Financial Accounting.” American Journal of Business Education, January 2011, https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1056509.pdf Accessed 11 Apr. 2020.

 

 

Kerr, Mary Margaret, and Kristen M. Frese. “Reading to Learn or Learning to Read? Engaging College Students in Course Readings.” College Teaching, vol. 65, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 28–31. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/87567555.2016.1222577. Accessed 19 Apr. 2020.

The Learning Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tips for Reading Math Textbooks, 2020, https://learningcenter.unc.edu/files/2018/02/Reading-Math-Textbooks.pdf Accessed 4 Apr. 2020.

Macalester, How to Read a Math Textbook, 2020, https://www.macalester.edu/max/math/howtoread/ Accessed 4 Apr. 2020.

McWhorter, Kathleen T. Reading Across the Disciplines: College Reading and Beyond. 7th ed., Pearson, 2018.

Ostrowski, Jeff. “Improving Your Reading Comprehension Skills in College.” Affordable Colleges Online, 2020, https://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/college-resource-center/improving-reading-comprehension/ Accessed 4 Apr. 2020.

Paulson, Eric J. “Analogical Processes and College Development Reading.” Journal of Developmental Education, vol. 37, no. 3, Spring 2014, pp. 2–13. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=99747728&site=ehost-live&scope=site. Accessed 30 Apr. 2020.

Paulson, Eric J. and Laurie Bauer. “Goal Setting as an Explicit Element of Metacognitive Reading and Study Strategies for College Reading.” NADE Digest, Fall 2011, https://eric.ed.gov/?q=college+textbook+reading&pg=2&id=EJ1097619 Accessed 11 Apr. 2020.

PDST, The Reading Process: A Guide to the Teaching and Learning of Reading, Dublin, 2014.

Schilling, Alli and Helen G. Hammond. “This is How We Do It: Getting Students to Read the Textbook.” Journal of Instructional Research, 2019, https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1242700.pdf Accessed 11 Apr. 2020.

Swarthmore.edu, Tips for Reading CS Textbooks, 2017, https://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~newhall/unixhelp/howto_readbook.php Accessed 4 Apr. 2020.

Tay, Eng Guan, et al. “Tony’s Story: Reading Mathematics through Problem Solving.” North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Jan. 2014. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=ED600043&site=ehost-live&scope=site. Accessed 9 Apr. 2020.

Ulerick, Sarah L. “Using Textbooks for Meaningful Learning in Science.” NARST, 2018, https://narst.org/research-matters/using-textbooks-for-meaningful-learning Accessed 4 Apr. 2020.

Van Blerkom, D.L. College Study Skills: Becoming a Strategic Learner. 1994. Cornell University, 2020, http://lsc.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Textbook-Reading-Systems.pdf Accessed 4 April 2020.

Weinberg, Aaron and et al. “Sense-Making Practices of Expert and Novice Readers.” Curriculum and Related Factors, North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016, https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED583686.pdf Accessed 11 Apr. 2020.

White, Hazel L. “Nursing Instructors Must Also Teach Reading and Study Skills.” Reading Improvement, vol. 41, no. 1, Mar. 2004, p. 38. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ703708&site=ehost-live&scope=site. Accessed 14 Apr. 2020.